Terrorism Prevention and Response
Because American cops are on the front lines in counterterrorism, the Terrorism Prevention and Response topic page is updated with news and information to protect the homeland from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
The radicalized lone-actor who resides in the United States is an increasing threat
We need to take our equipment and training to the next level in order to be a step above everyone else when it comes to our rifle skills
Currently, the JAG program funds projects that fall into seven purpose areas
Two days of simulations include an attack on a container ship at the Port of Oakland and a bomb to be located in San Francisco Bay
Tina Stone, David Stone Jr., and Jacob Ward may go free until trial
Stop apologizing for profiling and start educating our nation
$111 million DHS budget represents 27 percent cut from last year
A source tells Associated Press that two men taken into custody from a house in Massachusetts are from Pakistan
Agency has cut about 100 officers over the past year and shifted its money and attention toward rebuilding the World Trade Center site
If Faisal Shahzad — the suspect in the Times Square bomb case — trained with the Pakistan Taliban as US officials say, why was his bomb so poorly built?
Speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Attorney General Eric Holder says modifying the public safety exception may be considered
Officers worked for more than 5 hours to defuse the bomb
Good old-fashioned police work is being credited for snagging the man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square
Suspect confessed to receiving explosives training in Pakistan
Faisal Shahzad was taken into custody while trying to board a plane to Dubai
Bomb investigation making ‘substantial progress,’ says US Atty General
Substance that resembled fertilizer found in the parked SUV
The suspects wanted to help al-Qaeda “modernize”
After more than 40 years of crime fighting, the only person to have led both NYPD and LAPD announced his retirement from law enforcement in October 2009
Phony track worker rigs subway terror scare in bizarre cyanide suicide try
HYDRA simulation finally makes its way stateside
Raytheon’s One Force Tracker can simultaneously coordinate police units
168 people were killed in the April 19, 1995 explosion
Domestic militias know the customs of America and can blend in far better than any foreign terrorist
Dogs are bred for job, but less than 2 percent will make the cut
Big Apple cops protect 468 subway stations with 24-hour beats
Hasan had been at the military hospital since shortly after the Nov. 5 shooting spree
The leader of Hutaree, David Brian Stone, wanted to wage war on the government
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 specifications of attempted premeditated murder